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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- step upon, come down upon
Meaning
Dike alone comes down upon the unjust and rouses justice against them (LXII.8). The movement image makes her intervention forceful; the following action explains its corrective purpose.
Places to read
- Hymn LXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐπεμβαίνουσα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXII.8